ALL meanings of louse
louse
L l - noun louse parasitic insect 1
- intransitivephrasal verb louse botch, ruin 1
- noun louse unethical person 1
- transitive verb louse pick out lice from 1
- noun plural louse any small, wingless insect of the order Anoplura (sucking louse) parasitic on humans and other mammals and having mouthparts adapted for sucking, as Pediculus humanus (body louse or head louse) and Phthirius pubis (crab louse or pubic louse) 1
- noun plural louse any insect of the order Mallophaga (bird louse, biting louse, or chewing louse) parasitic on birds and mammals, having mouthparts adapted for biting. 1
- noun plural louse plant louse. 1
- noun plural louse Slang. a contemptible person, especially an unethical one. 1
- verb with object louse to delouse. 1
- noun louse A small, wingless, parasitic insect that lives on the skin of mammals and birds. 1
- noun louse A small parasitic wingless insect of the order Phthiraptera. 0
- noun louse (Colloquial) (dated, not usually used in plural form) A contemptible person; one who has recently taken an action considered deceitful or indirectly harmful. 0
- verb louse To remove lice from the body of a person or animal; to delouse. 0
- countable noun louse Lice are small insects that live on the bodies of people or animals and bite them in order to feed off their blood. 0
- noun louse any wingless bloodsucking insect of the order Anoplura: includes Pediculus capitis (head louse), Pediculus corporis (body louse), and the crab louse, all of which infest man 0
- noun louse any of various similar but unrelated insects, such as the plant louse and book louse 0
- noun louse an unpleasant or mean person 0
- verb louse to remove lice from 0
- verb louse to ruin or spoil 0
- noun louse any of an order (Anoplura) of small, flat, wingless insects with sucking mouthparts, parasitic on the skin or hair of humans and some other mammals; esp., the human body louse (Pediculus humanus corporis) and head louse (P. h. capitis) 0
- noun louse any of various arthropods that suck blood or juice from other animals or plants 0
- noun louse bird louse 0
- noun louse any of various other small insects, arachnids, and crustaceans that are not parasitic, as the book louse or wood louse 0
- noun louse a person regarded as mean, contemptible, etc. 0
- verb transitive louse to delouse 0